Project Intern – Child Rights Governance

Save the Children, the world’s largest independent organisation for children, delivers immediate and lasting improvements to children’s lives in all over the world. 

Save the Children in Vietnam (SC) works to promote every child’s rights to survival, protection, participation and development as set forth in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.  The current program focuses on the following core sectors: Health and Nutrition; HIV/AIDS prevention, Care and support; Education; Child protection; Child-focused emergency preparedness and response; Child Rights Governance (CRG), including Civil society support; Economic opportunities, Child poverty Research, and Advocacy for child-friendly development policy and practice.

Vacancy: Project Intern – Child Rights Governance
Based in Hanoi

They are looking for a Vietnamese national for the INTERN position to assist Child Rights Governance team. The successful candidate will be based in Hanoi with frequent travel to project sites.

Main Responsibilities
The Project Intern will provide administrative and logistics support to the 2 ongoing projects of Child Rights Governance Program to ensure effective, efficient and cost-sensitive operations of the projects.

Key Competencies 
- Enthusiastic fresh graduates with University degree in social science or relevant disciplines
- Familiarity with administrative tasks
- Good communication skills to maintain contact with team members and partners.
- Basic IT application skills (dealing with website, blog, mailing workgroup…)
- Ability to organize and coordinate complex activities within interrelated schedules and timelines, to demonstrate sound judgment, task orientation.
- Good English and Vietnamese written and oral communication skills.
- Ability and willingness to travel.

A full job description is attached.

Please send CV and a completed application form, details of three references and a covering letter in English addressing the list of competencies to: HR section, Save the Children - E3, Ngoai Giao Doan Trung Tu, 6 Dang Van Ngu - Dong Da, Hanoi or by Email: [email protected]
 
The deadline for application is the 26th February 2011.  Applications will be treated in confidence. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted and CVs will not be returned.

Save the Children is an equal opportunities employer.  Their selection processes reflect their commitment to the protection of children from abuse, and their people are as diverse as the challenge they face.  They welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, HIV/AIDS status, race, national origin, religion, or sexual orientation.